Andrew conkle



(No Model.)

A OONKLE, Jr GUANO DISTRIBUTER.

Patented Sept 24, 1889.

UNITED STATES PATENT 7 OFFICE.

ANDREW OONKLE, JR, or BABB, GEORGIA, ASSIGNOR or TWO-THIRDS TO ANDREW v. MOVIOKER AND JAMES H. MGVICKER, BOTH or SAME PLACE.

GUANO-DISTRIBUTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 411,545, dated September 24, 1889.

Application filed June 22, 1889. Serial No. 315,161. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, ANDREW OoNKLE, J r2, a citizen of the United States, residing at Babb, in the county of Henry and State of Georgia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Guano Distributers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in guano-distributers, and has for its objects to provide improved means whereby the beam or stock of the distributer is prevented from being agitated or vibrated by the passage of the guide-wheel over the rough. surface of the ground.

My invention is more fully described and claimed hereinafter in connection with the accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure 1 is a side view of a guano-distributer provided with my improvements. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the opposite side, and Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of the spring-frame.

In the construction of my invention I employ a leaf or flat spring A, which is bolted at B to the beam or stock 0, and is provided at its front end with a yoke D, the arms E E of which rise on opposite sides of the beam or stock and are connected above the same by the transverse check rod or bolt F, said check rod or bolt being adapted to strike the upper surface of the beam or stock to limit the downward vibration of the front end of the spring. This yoke may be formed separate from the spring and provided with an. inte gral tongue G, which is bolted to the under side of the spring, as shown in the drawings, Figs. 2 and 3, or it may be formed integral therewith, as will be understood. An axlebolt H is arranged in registering-openings in the arms of the yoke, being secured therein by means of a nut I and extends laterally, as shown clearly in Fig. 3, to form a bearing for the guide-wheel K, which is mounted loosely thereon. This axle is firmly secured to the yoke beneath the beam or stock, and is not capable of rotation, and the guide-wheel is revoluble thereon. box L is secured in the ordinary or any suitable manner on the beam or stock, and the crank M on its agitator-shaft is connected to a wrist-pin N rigid with the guide-wheel by the rod or pitman 0, whereby the rotation of the said wheel is communicated to the said crank and oscillates the same in the ordinary man ner. The drill or conveyor]? is conneetedin a suitable manner to the receiver or box. From the above it will be seen that as the distributer is drawn forward its beam or stock is not oscillated vertically by the passage of the guide-wheel over the uneven surface of the soil, for the reason that the springframe on which said wheel is mounted will yield vertically and therefore will not communica-te the motion to the beam or stock; therefore the latter will be maintained in its normal position at all times and the plowshovel, which is indicated at R, will not be thrown out of the furrow.

This attachment will relieve the operator of the strain and exertion of maintaining the distributer in its proper position, and will .render the machine operative in all kinds of soils.

It will be understood, further, that this attachment may be applied to the beams of single and double plows, as it will operate in that position to prevent the unnecessary oscillation of the same and prevent the plowshovels from being thrown out of the furrow.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States- 1. The combination, with the beam or stock 0, of the flat or leaf spring A, having its rear end fixed thereto, yoke D, secured upon the free forward end of the spring and having guiding-arms E E, adapted to loosely engage opposite sides of said beam or stock and prevent lateral play of the spring, and the guidewheel K, mounted on said yoke, so as to travel in advance of the fixed end of the spring, substantially as specified.

2. The combination, with the beam or stock 0, of the flat or leaf spring A, having its The guano receiver or rear end fixed thereto, yoke D, secured upon mounted on the extending end of this axlelo the free forward end of said spring and havbolt, substantially as specified. ing parallel guiding-arms E E, adapted to In testimonywhereofIaffixmysignature in loosely engage opposite sides of the beam or presence of two Witnesses.

5 stock and prevent lateral play of the parts,

bolt F, connecting the upper ends of guiding- ANDREW OONKLE, JR. arms E E above the beam or stock, aXle-bo1t \Vitnesses:

H, extending laterally from said yoke below KELLETT CONKLE,

said beam or stock, and the guide-Wheel K, WV. T. MOVICKER. 

